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Puffin Court, Flat 1, Bay View Road, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1AF

Property type
End terrace
Floor Ground
Bedroom
1
Bathroom
1
Floor area
49 m²
527 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 72
Council tax
Band A
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About Puffin Court

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Puffin Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northam, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in Puffin Court, where floor areas span 41–112 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (72 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a C (score 72). The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 32.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it's 24.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 13 EPCs). Sold October 2022 for £158,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms1
  • Bathrooms1
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Everything you need to know about Puffin Court

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Puffin Court's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Oct 2022

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C72
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
1.6 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Puffin Court, Flat 1, Bay View Road, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1AF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Puffin Court has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

2applications of note in the surrounding area

Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Puffin Court

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Puffin Court's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£163,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.0% per year over 15 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£158,000

Growth on file: 1.0% per year over 15 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 24 October 2022Most recent

    £158,000

    +17.0%over 15 years
  2. 3 June 2007

    £135,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1AF: £211,000 (2023–2021).

On the street

Versus other Bay View Road homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for Puffin Court lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,224

Street avg £2,700

Above

Floor Area

49 m²

Street avg 73 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

2 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

1.6 t/year

Street avg 1.8 t/year

On par
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Puffin Court

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bideford district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Kingsley Road — bus stop.

Closest school

1.5 km

St Margaret's Church of England Junior School. 5 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX39 1AF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for EX39 1AF

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for EX39 1AF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.0dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Puffin Court, Flat 1, Bay View Road, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1AF. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.